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A CARVED POLYCHROME LACQUER RUYI
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Deeply and finely carved through three layers of lacquer of cinnabar red, green and yellow tone, the ruyi-shaped terminal depicting the Daoist Immortal, He Xiangu, holding a lotus spray over one shoulder set within a landscape, the arched shaft with a shaped panel enclosing a bat in flight, suspending from its mouth a beaded chain attached to a wan symbol attached to a musical stone, all against a diamond-diaper ground, the reverse side carved with an elaborate floral pattern (age cracks, minor losses)
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) long, box
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Deeply and finely carved through three layers of lacquer of cinnabar red, green and yellow tone, the ruyi-shaped terminal depicting the Daoist Immortal, He Xiangu, holding a lotus spray over one shoulder set within a landscape, the arched shaft with a shaped panel enclosing a bat in flight, suspending from its mouth a beaded chain attached to a wan symbol attached to a musical stone, all against a diamond-diaper ground, the reverse side carved with an elaborate floral pattern (age cracks, minor losses)
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) long, box
Sale room notice
Please note that the lot numbers for 788 and 789 have been transposed, and this particular ruyi is in fact illustrated on the left hand side of p. 213.